NY's Top DJs On How To Make You Dance

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If you're traveling the European circuit in chase of the next great fall collection and you choose, instead, to stay in New York and contemplate all you've seen (and will continue to see online) may we suggest the perfect soundtrack?

Throughout New York Fashion Week, we asked a few of our favorite DJs for their take on the week's top songs. While some of the most enjoyable ubiquitous hits we heard included Drake "Fancy," Wiz Khalifa "Black and Yellow, " Rihanna "Only Girl (In The World)" and Duck Sauce "Barbra Streisand, " we turned to the pros for some real insight on what it's like to DJ a fashion week party under pressure and keep the ragers dancin' til dawn.

DJ Alexander Dexter-Jones' favorite party this week was for the House of Waris at The Wooly. While Karen Elson and Citizen K performed, he kept the night hopping with "Yellow Balloon" and "Slow" by Twin Shadow, "My House" by Hercules and Love Affair, and "Helena Beat" by Foster the People. "But my favorite tune at the moment, in all honesty, is `Somebody to Love Me' by Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson and Boy George," Dexter-Jones says. "Yes he's my bro but for a song not a lot of people get exposed to in the the States, once people hear it, they're off to the DJ booth to ask the name and artist etc."

Prabal Gurung and VMan's after party at Mr. H and the Paper Magazine + Tumblr event at Empire Hotel were lucky enough to have DJ Mia Moretti on the turntables. She told us the new music she rocked this week was by "Chilly Gonzalez, Au Revoir Simone, Holy Ghost, Classixx, Ambassadors, The Knocks, OH Land and Yacht." And the most popular playlist hit she pulled out? `"Dreams' by Fleetwood Mac, `Hold It Against Me' by Britney Spears, `I Will Come Back' by Holy Ghost, `Mama Told Me Not To Come' by Three Dog Night, `Supernature' by Cerrone, `Indestructible' by Robyn, `Because the Night' by Patti Smith, `You've Changed' by Sia, `Home' by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes." Well, that gets us ready to do some serious iTunes damage.

Mike Nouveau manned the DJ booth at some of the most elite parties: Joseph Altuzarra, Purple & ZSpoke, Jeremy Scott, Seven New York and more. When asked what new songs he was playing this week, his strategy was to give the people what they want (i.e. the new Lady Gaga and the new Strokes.) "For most fashion parties you don't really get too obscure," he explained. And what songs does to go to to make sure the party's a success? "The songs that get the biggest crowd reactions are obviously the radio hits, the ones everyone knows all the words to. Once again, there's no point in digging up some rare Italo oldie when everyone just wants to hear Katy Perry's `Firework.'"